Chapter 132: 107: The Land of No Light and the Demonic Secret_4
Without that hat, Zhou Baiyu was just a night-blind man.
"Is this... really a Night Demon?"
The most terrifying existence in the night, although it is one of the nine great demon clans without the Demon Emperor, no one can deny the strength of the Night Demon clan in the dark night.
"There was once a treasure in Linxiang City. Was this one of the reasons Reina sent you here?"
"How do you know about Reina?" Midel exclaimed.
Zhou Baiyu said:
"One of my abilities, the higher my fondness for someone, the easier it is to obtain their memories."
This was naturally a lie, but Midel believed it. She certainly wasn't love-struck, but the overwhelming strength the young male pet displayed gave her a sense of security.
"So you've obtained part of my memories?"
Zhou Baiyu nodded:
"I want to know, what is the God of Corruption, what is the Corruption Gu, and the leaders of the demons are the seven Demon Emperors, right? Why would Reina ask you to elevate Linxiang City's corruption level to S grade?"
When Zhou Baiyu first obtained this memory, he didn't take it seriously.
But later, as he understood more about the Advanced World, Zhou Baiyu became puzzled—
Monsters, corrupted beings, what exactly is their relationship?
The succubus empress Reina, that stunningly beautiful Demon Emperor, seems to worship the "God of Corruption."
This was the information Zhou Baiyu obtained when he first combed Midel's hair.
At that time, Zhou Baiyu thought... corrupt beings and monsters... are actually similar, both are monsters.
They are the enemies of humanity.
But now he felt that the situation in the Advanced World was incredibly complex.
Corrupted beings and demons seemed also to be in conflict.
Midel said:
"I didn't expect that you pioneers had already gathered so much intelligence..."
"Not us, just me."
Midel felt conflicted.
She and Reina had long-standing differences, but as a noble, Reina, a thorough racist, always gave her some leniency.
This wasn't Reina's mercy, but rather what Reina thought a noble's privilege should be, even if they made mistakes, they had to enjoy it.
Therefore, her position as empress was extremely stable.
Midel didn't like Reina, but now... she wasn't sure if telling the pioneers about some of Reina's actions would provoke any reactions.
"Jiang Xianwu... will you still help me? Now that you are so powerful, does our previous agreement still count? You humans are always cunning."
Midel did not answer Zhou Baiyu's question and instead asked others.
The agreement, of course, Zhou Baiyu remembered—
"Jiang Xianwu, from today onwards, you will no longer belong only to humanity as a pioneer, I won't kill you, I won't hate you, but I want you to be loyal to me."
His current mood was very delicate, especially since during those seven blissful days with the succubus, he hadn't seen this demure side of Midel.
It showed...
Being strong is always necessary.
He could say, his performance during those seven days was good, but not as impactful as the moment he displayed now, annihilating Demon Emperor-level demonic elites before Midel.
Of course, Zhou Baiyu didn't choose to manipulate Midel emotionally; he considered Midel to be a very good partner.
"Of course, my queen, my word counts as I have said, I will continue to grow stronger, but next time you meet me... I might appear very weak, after all, you might have met the strong version of me in this instance, but in some future version, you will meet a weaker me."
"If you will always acknowledge our relationship, I will also be unconditionally loyal."
After the release of Absolute Moment, Zhou Baiyu was now just an ant that anyone could crush.
Maybe the next time he met Midel would be in a later version, but his strength would appear very weak.
Midel understood this.
She had met Jiang Xianwu a year after their parting.
But perhaps the next time she met him, it would be just under a month since their first encounter.
This was entirely possible, after all, pioneers can travel through time and space.
Zhou Baiyu deliberately told Midel, saying it had already been about a year since he first met her, just to dig a pit here.
If he met Midel again in the future, even if his strength was weak, he could explain well to Midel, persuading her to protect him, knowing that the future Zhou Baiyu was very powerful, she would naturally be happy to do him a favour.
This is the way of the pioneers, weaving reality into the future.
Of course, Zhou Baiyu was not just weaving tales; he would also protect Midel.
Midel showed a proud smile, recalling that Jiang Xianwu said they had met a few times, just not on this timeline... she suddenly began to look forward to the future.
"Empress Reina and the other six Demon Emperors are all exploring the origins of corruption."
Midel brought the discussion back to the main topic.
"Reina believes that after the twilight of the gods, corruption started to emerge, implying that among the new gods, there is one capable of breeding corruption."
"A few Demon Emperors also found some evidence, though powerful corrupted beings continue to appear, the attitude of the seven Demon Emperors... seems to be trying to spread the corruption."
"As for the Corruption Gu... that's a kind of worm that can parasitize human bodies and induce corruption."
"If we say... a place has been affected by corrupt beings, then there are only two possibilities, either it was invaded by corrupt beings, leading to the emergence of secondary corrupt beings..."
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